Young Lady getting a new hairstyle; she is in a peignoir and her gauze petticoat of very soft yellow. The Hairdresser is in a slightly powdered red vest, black breeches, and grey silk stockings. (1778) The moments devoted to the toilette are regarded as moments of idleness. It is ordinarily the time when Ladies choose … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 12e Cahier, 1e Figure
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Galerie des Modes, 11e Cahier, 6e Figure
Ball dress, the bodice and petticoat pulled up with tassels, the sides of the same color: the underpetticoat* is another color. The sleeves are covered with a poufed trim with pearls; the trim of the underskirt is decorated with a flower garland; all the trims are a light gauze. Very large coiffure with plumes. (1778) … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 11e Cahier, 6e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 11e Cahier, 5e Figure
Young middle class woman dressed in a Polonaise with an embroidered Indian muslin apron. She is wearing a half-négligée cap called "the Queen's Lever". (1778) Coupé polonaise: this gowns are made like ordinary polonaises; they are only different in the petticoat, which must be without a volant or trim, but a vast apron serves as … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 11e Cahier, 5e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 11e Cahier, 4e Figure
Young Woman in genteel undress, coiffed in an English Hat, carrying a cane parasol, and walking with her dog. (1778) The polonaise caraco is distinguished in front because it has no pleats, and because the bottom is rounded: such is what is presented in the Drawing. It is trimmed with gauze in "bouquets" and in … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 11e Cahier, 4e Figure
Galerie des Modes, 11e Cahier, 3e Figure
Little Mother at a Meeting in the Champs Elysées, in a Caraco with a petticoat trimmed with striped muslin and a flowered Indian muslin apron. She is coiffed with a Henri IV hat trimmed with pearls with tassels. (1778) The costume this Print offers breathes a tone of voluptuousness which it is difficult to defend; … Continue reading Galerie des Modes, 11e Cahier, 3e Figure
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